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WATCH: Axios Sports Editor @TheKendallBaker hosts a conversation on the impact of physical fitness and wellness on public health, particularly during the pandemic, featuring @LongBeachMayor Robert Garcia and former U.S. Surgeon General @DrRichCarmona.
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@TheKendallBaker @LongBeachMayor @DrRichCarmona Former Surgeon General @DrRichCarmona on effects of isolation from the pandemic: "All of these things have a mental health impact as well as a physical health impact. So the important message here is keep moving all the time. If you can't get into the gym, that's fine."

@TheKendallBaker @LongBeachMayor @DrRichCarmona .@DrRichCarmona on making spaces like gyms safe: "We don't know when the next [pandemic] is. So let's institutionalize these best practices. So when and if — we hope it doesn't happen — but if it does happen, we're prepared."

@TheKendallBaker @LongBeachMayor @DrRichCarmona .@PlanetFitness CEO Chris Rondeau on workout habits at his gyms during the pandemic:

"The boomer population, the older clientele aren't working out as much unfortunately...but as far as the people working out, they're working out the same as they did before."

@TheKendallBaker @LongBeachMayor @DrRichCarmona @PlanetFitness .@LongBeachMayor Robert Garcia on the proposal for a resiliency fund to support gyms: "This is an industry that's been hit very, very hard and in places like Long Beach or Los Angeles...it's critical that we support them."

@TheKendallBaker @LongBeachMayor @DrRichCarmona @PlanetFitness Garcia on indoor facilities being shut down in much of California:

"Encouraging trainers to responsibly train outdoors, masked, distanced, is what's happening all across the city. You see it in all of our parks and parking lots...You can work out outdoors and do it safely."